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why is it like this in florida? >> well, this is an issue that i think has been fairly demagogued by both political parties. there is still a lot of noise from the liberal side that the legislature cut early voting down too much. we went from 14 early voting days to eight in florida. and ending on the saturday before the election. but the lines you're showing are in orlando, but the longest of the lines were in miami-dade where it appears that the supervisor of elections was not fully prepared for the onslaught of voters that she got down there. people were voting late into the night last night. jenna: even the president said, no, sorry to interrupt. even the president said last night when he was giving his speech something about the long lines. by the way, we got to fix that. is it possible to fix it, steve, in florida? >> i think it is but i think that there's going to be, it is a highly partisan issue here. because early voting now was very important to barack obama's first election in 2008. frankly early voting
why is it like this in florida? >> well, this is an issue that i think has been fairly demagogued by both political parties. there is still a lot of noise from the liberal side that the legislature cut early voting down too much. we went from 14 early voting days to eight in florida. and ending on the saturday before the election. but the lines you're showing are in orlando, but the longest of the lines were in miami-dade where it appears that the supervisor of elections was not fully...
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district 18 in florida. this is also a race where there is no characterization. 50/50 west in florida district oprphy. look how fight that is. not just 50/50 but in terms of that raw vote. we're going to keep an eye on the house races, some of the ballot races and senate races atfold. keep in mind for the o representatives, projected early tonight that the house overall would continue to eans everything in the house in terms of power in the house. the speaker of the house will continue to be the republican john boehner.q?obviously the main stonues to be the presidential election. nbc news projects that president obamelection that he will be a second term 44 united states. that call coming upon president obama being projected to win the state of ohio. all of the networks, for what it's worth, president obama. but the romney campaign is refusing to concede in ohio. and they are refusing to concede overall. races nd in virginia. colorado is the most recent state to be called nbc news, been called for president
district 18 in florida. this is also a race where there is no characterization. 50/50 west in florida district oprphy. look how fight that is. not just 50/50 but in terms of that raw vote. we're going to keep an eye on the house races, some of the ballot races and senate races atfold. keep in mind for the o representatives, projected early tonight that the house overall would continue to eans everything in the house in terms of power in the house. the speaker of the house will continue to be...
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florida and virginia, florida, miami-dade down south which tends to be a little bit slow in reporting. they're still waiting. and, of course, virginia, the story all night. long lines wrapping up about now and they'll be counting for a while. if the president wins ohio, that may be the clincher. jim and doreen, back to you! >> thank you, wendy. >> no final results from states considered crucial to the success of both presidential campaigns. virginia is one of them. >> steve handelsman has the report. >> reporter: lines of voters waiting to cast ballots. hours after the polls closed in battleground states. this was lee county, florida. prince william county, virginia. >> i've been here three hours. it's worth it. >> reporter: officials said v voting might last until 11:00 p.m. long lines meant results delayed. key states impossible to call. president obama, today -- >> we got to round up some votes. >> called to another swing state, wisconsin. >> tonight, he's the projected winner there and in a cluster of northeastern states. mitt romney went to pittsburgh but pennsylvania tonight is
florida and virginia, florida, miami-dade down south which tends to be a little bit slow in reporting. they're still waiting. and, of course, virginia, the story all night. long lines wrapping up about now and they'll be counting for a while. if the president wins ohio, that may be the clincher. jim and doreen, back to you! >> thank you, wendy. >> no final results from states considered crucial to the success of both presidential campaigns. virginia is one of them. >> steve...
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according to the associated press, only the state of florida remains too close to call. the president has at least 303 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win the white house. thousands of supporters cheered as the president, first lady, and their daughters emerged at their victory party. in his victory speech president obama spoke about working with both sides of the aisle. >> in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties. to meet the challenges we can only solve together. >> the president and his family spent the night in chicago and will return to the white house this afternoon. during his second term, president obama again will be working with a republican controlled house and a democratic controlled senate. we're beginning to have more on the balance of power coming up in 15 minutes. >> hundreds of president obama local supporters got together in san francisco to watch returns come in. this was the democratic watch party at the former tower records store in the castro district. the crowds cheered as stat
according to the associated press, only the state of florida remains too close to call. the president has at least 303 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win the white house. thousands of supporters cheered as the president, first lady, and their daughters emerged at their victory party. in his victory speech president obama spoke about working with both sides of the aisle. >> in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties. to...
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, florida, florida. we worked out what we would talk about if this state goes goes way and this state that way. how do you get to 270 votes in the white house. part of the planning did not include the state of florida. it was widely believed, i think, frankly, by both campaigns that florida would go to governor romney. 29 electoral votes. now it's very much in play and as close as any state in the nation. amy stoddard, if you do not win florida what is your path to the white house if you are romney. >> i don't think there is a path unless he picks up minnesota and something unheard of. we're looking at a path that will require, virginia, ohio, florida and probably colorado. >> there is no florida. >> if he loses florida i don't know how he will make up the numbers. he would have to win -- it doesn't look ke he in in iowa or nevada. they look like obama states. that's a very steep path. he needs virginia, ohio, colorado and probably minnesota. everything left. i don't think iowa and nevada will be romney.
, florida, florida. we worked out what we would talk about if this state goes goes way and this state that way. how do you get to 270 votes in the white house. part of the planning did not include the state of florida. it was widely believed, i think, frankly, by both campaigns that florida would go to governor romney. 29 electoral votes. now it's very much in play and as close as any state in the nation. amy stoddard, if you do not win florida what is your path to the white house if you are...
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he's likely to win florida. we missed florida. we estimated romney would win florida by 1%. in fact, he has lost it apparently by a fraction of 1%. so florida for us was the surprise, but we got the other ones right. >> gretchen: what made you, larry, switch to virginia on the last day for obama? >> because i always look at the last minute drift. it's not even a trend. it's a drift. and it was pretty obvious by that point that even the republicans were telling me in this state, 50-50. well, when somebody tells me that about their own candidate and the other side says they're going to win by a point or two, that is important to me. >> gretchen: how did they know that? >> because they have tracking polls and they have informal measures. enthusiasm, which was stressed too much in the past campaign, that's important, but some other primary indicators of how key groups are going is much better. >> brian: tell me if this is a prevailing thought: everyone agreed the economy was the main issue. but most, 50% thought it still was bush's fault. >> yes. at various times, brian and gret
he's likely to win florida. we missed florida. we estimated romney would win florida by 1%. in fact, he has lost it apparently by a fraction of 1%. so florida for us was the surprise, but we got the other ones right. >> gretchen: what made you, larry, switch to virginia on the last day for obama? >> because i always look at the last minute drift. it's not even a trend. it's a drift. and it was pretty obvious by that point that even the republicans were telling me in this state,...
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i do feel good about florida. >> what makes you feel good about florida? >> i think romney is going to do well on the i-4 corridor but will keep it close enough in the eastern time zone that when the votes come in from the central time zone, northwest florida, for hundreds of thousands of people vote, they will roll up a big margin for romney and it will overcome whatever small margin, if any, obama gets out of the eastern half the state. >> sounded a little to me, i'm playing psychologist here, probably bad thing to do, that your knees are knocking a little bit over virginia. and i would dare say, if governor romney doesn't carry virginia, he isn't going to carry. >> very hard for him to win without virginia. it's not impossible but it's very hard. i think virginia is going to be very, very close. i think it's going to be razor thin. i would rather have romney's hand in virginia than obama's because -- >> governor barbour, it's brian sullivan in rockefeller center, sorry to jump in, sir. >> that's all right. >> i'm also from virginia and understand the by
i do feel good about florida. >> what makes you feel good about florida? >> i think romney is going to do well on the i-4 corridor but will keep it close enough in the eastern time zone that when the votes come in from the central time zone, northwest florida, for hundreds of thousands of people vote, they will roll up a big margin for romney and it will overcome whatever small margin, if any, obama gets out of the eastern half the state. >> sounded a little to me, i'm playing...
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you have marco rubio in florida. and there is a reason everybody talks about marco rubio. not just the way that he speaks. he believes these things viscerally. when i embed myself in his campaign at the end of the 2010 elections, spent the better part of a month with him. he would give a speech. it would be a different speech but it would be an articulation of a reform, big, bold conservatism that we didn't hear in this campaign. and paul ryan came up with a blueprints for reforming the government to avoid a debt crisis because of the entitlement reform problems. and he took it from a place where it was totally unpopular to where it was the governing philosophy of the republican party. megyn: steve hayes. thanks so much. the northeast is bracing for a new round of trouble. just hours from now a potentially devastating nor'easter brings rain, snow and the possibility of coastal flooding to areas reeling from sandy. we are live in the storm just ahead. back in september "60 minutes" taped an interview with the president about the deadly terror attack in libya. but decided to
you have marco rubio in florida. and there is a reason everybody talks about marco rubio. not just the way that he speaks. he believes these things viscerally. when i embed myself in his campaign at the end of the 2010 elections, spent the better part of a month with him. he would give a speech. it would be a different speech but it would be an articulation of a reform, big, bold conservatism that we didn't hear in this campaign. and paul ryan came up with a blueprints for reforming the...
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host: a couple of key counties in florida. it will be key to determining who gets to the 270 electoral votes. still tabulations in virginia and ohio. the numbers your say on the bottom of the screen are actual numbers, ap numbners, not projections. they are also available on our website at c-span.org. let's go to scott and next. boston treelined for independence. your reaction tonight. caller: i am pleased with the contrast between the two candidates. i mentioned earlier that congress wrote an excellent article until november that talked-about the two candidates. even though they endorsed obama. i did 04 obama. -- i did vote for obama. i think he is an amazing human being. but i would like to see more of as -- is reaching across the aisle. one of the things they said is he neglected to spend more time with the republicans. they pointed out 104 things he played, -- golf games he played. one of them was with a republican member. as much as i appreciate president obama as a human being, as an individual, and politician, i would l
host: a couple of key counties in florida. it will be key to determining who gets to the 270 electoral votes. still tabulations in virginia and ohio. the numbers your say on the bottom of the screen are actual numbers, ap numbners, not projections. they are also available on our website at c-span.org. let's go to scott and next. boston treelined for independence. your reaction tonight. caller: i am pleased with the contrast between the two candidates. i mentioned earlier that congress wrote an...
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it is florida. still too close to call and nothing to change the outcome of the race. another big victory for democrats last night was in the senate. democrats not only maintain the majority but picked up a handful seats. among the biggest wins, massachusetts, wisconsin, missouri, ina, connecticut and virginia. senate majority leader harry reid just a short time ago called for bipartisanship. >> the way we get things done is to work together. but we need republicans to help us.i thers compromises not a dirty word. >> but we're already seeing statements like this one from senator mitch mcconnell who said last night, quote, now it's time for the president to propose solutionce of passing the republican-controlled house of representatives. perhaps setting the stage gridl republicans maintained solid;[ majority in the next hour we're expecting to hear of house speaker john boehner. right now, joining me, national syndicated talk show host michael smirconish and joe frolic for "the cleveland plain dealer." thank you all for joining. michael, when's the reaction you're hear
it is florida. still too close to call and nothing to change the outcome of the race. another big victory for democrats last night was in the senate. democrats not only maintain the majority but picked up a handful seats. among the biggest wins, massachusetts, wisconsin, missouri, ina, connecticut and virginia. senate majority leader harry reid just a short time ago called for bipartisanship. >> the way we get things done is to work together. but we need republicans to help us.i thers...
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so florida is the example. osceola and orange county just giant expansions of hispanic votes, mostly rican vote. osceola county is a great example. bush carried osceov6la county two elections ago. this time barack obama won it by 25 points. >> we were hearing early on, going out in places like virginia this year than four years ago. the fact is it's a spreading population. i spend time in thereat plains. iowa has a hispanic population working in the food processing plants and in marshall town iowa you can find a a spanish language grocery store of some i just got back from south dakota. a fair amount of hispanic popula the factories, working at the low-paying jobs. but in the communities where they e, they are highly regarded for their family values anme and it's the american immigrant story. >> family values work k ethic, and faith. >> catholics. they're here on sunday morning. let's go forward from here. >> all right. >> i think that's a real test in the country now. we wake up in the morning. we know who is
so florida is the example. osceola and orange county just giant expansions of hispanic votes, mostly rican vote. osceola county is a great example. bush carried osceov6la county two elections ago. this time barack obama won it by 25 points. >> we were hearing early on, going out in places like virginia this year than four years ago. the fact is it's a spreading population. i spend time in thereat plains. iowa has a hispanic population working in the food processing plants and in marshall...
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we're talking about florida, ohio and virginia, and we know now that the president nearly sweeping those battleground states enough to make him victorious last night. now, mitt romney, it was a much different mood there in massachusetts at his party. we understand a much more somber mood as well. mitt romney had a gracious concession speech and went on to congratulate the president, saying that he had called him to congratulate him as well. take a listen to both campaigns, as they spoke to supporters. >> i believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love, it doesn't matter whether you're black or white or hispanic or asian or native american or young or old or rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in america if you're willing to try. >> and i ran for office because i'm concerned about america. this election is over. but our principles endure. >> and the president is expected to be back here in washington later this after
we're talking about florida, ohio and virginia, and we know now that the president nearly sweeping those battleground states enough to make him victorious last night. now, mitt romney, it was a much different mood there in massachusetts at his party. we understand a much more somber mood as well. mitt romney had a gracious concession speech and went on to congratulate the president, saying that he had called him to congratulate him as well. take a listen to both campaigns, as they spoke to...
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only the state of florida is still too close to call. however, president obama has at least 303 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win the white house. now this was the scene in chicago just hours ago at president obama's victory party. the crowd went wild when he came out with his family on stage. in his speech the president talked about working with both sides of the aisle. >> in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties. to meet the challenges we can only solve together. >> now the president and his family spent the night in chicago but they are returning to the white house this afternoon. coming up at 6:38 we'll take you live to chicago. we'll take a look back at last nights events. >> during his concession speech, mitt romney said he and running mate paul ryan gave their all to the campaign. the former massachusetts governor told supporters that he praised president obama will be successful in guiding the united states. romney made the speech after calling president ob
only the state of florida is still too close to call. however, president obama has at least 303 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win the white house. now this was the scene in chicago just hours ago at president obama's victory party. the crowd went wild when he came out with his family on stage. in his speech the president talked about working with both sides of the aisle. >> in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties....
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the president's re-election coming despite no official totals yet from the state of florida. >> the votes were being cast late into the night, so they're still counting the ballots. at this point, obama finished with just under 100 electoral votes more than romney. the president had a slight edge in the popular vote. crowds gathered at the white house after the media declared obama the election winner. our brianne carter there live this morning with more on the president's big win. brianne? >> cynne and steve everybody had been saying for weeks that all eyes would be on ohio and virginia and last night they were. they watched the numbers coming in early as the beginning states started to report their numbers. everything went as people thought it would. and then it came down to key battleground states. and as those numbers started to come in, it seemed as though the president nearly swept all of those key battleground states including virginia and ohio. that is when the crowd there in chicago erupted with chants and cheers. people there saying it was an electric feeling as those numbers st
the president's re-election coming despite no official totals yet from the state of florida. >> the votes were being cast late into the night, so they're still counting the ballots. at this point, obama finished with just under 100 electoral votes more than romney. the president had a slight edge in the popular vote. crowds gathered at the white house after the media declared obama the election winner. our brianne carter there live this morning with more on the president's big win....
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on this day after, nbc news is still waiting to make an official call for florida. but the president hit 270 electoral votes without it. nbc steve handelsman is live in chicago with how the president got there. steve? >> reporter: jim, thanks. good evening. so president obama gets four more years. but what else does it mean. how about all the problems up on capitol hill. well, from here in chicago today, president obama telephoned congressional leaders, urging more bipartisan cooperation. hoping yesterday's vote was the kind of jolt needed to get things done. reelected, with more than 300 electoral votes and the majority of the popular vote. president obama headed back to the white house, hoping his victory can break washington's gridlock. putting aside florida, where the votes were still being counted, the president dominated the election map. victory across the battleground states except north carolina. obama backers celebrated his win in swing state virginia. harry reid whose senate majority got bigger, demanded republicans cut deals now on taxes and spending. >>
on this day after, nbc news is still waiting to make an official call for florida. but the president hit 270 electoral votes without it. nbc steve handelsman is live in chicago with how the president got there. steve? >> reporter: jim, thanks. good evening. so president obama gets four more years. but what else does it mean. how about all the problems up on capitol hill. well, from here in chicago today, president obama telephoned congressional leaders, urging more bipartisan cooperation....
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down in south florida, miami- dade, home to marco rubio. the romney campaign couldn't come close as the obama squeezed the out 70,000 than their 130,000 four years ago. we saw these numbers repeated all over. >> so, what does. gop need to do? >> some say they really need a bigger tent, invite more my another -- minorities. others say that romney was too moderate. >> reporter: i've heard that. there is a lot of hand wringing going on. and i think the knives will come out as to what happened and what went wrong. you know, at -- romney does remind me a little of john mccain in the same type of campaign, not conner is ra -- not conservative enough for enough of the republicans but remember how todd akin and other remarks hurt them -- hurt him. there is a lot of answers out there. i'm not sure that republicans are agreeing on what's best. what we're watching is the upheaval in your congressional delegation back in california, as many as 12 new members. dan lundburg lost. mary bono-mack, she might lose. an awful lot of shakeup. i was amazed at ho
down in south florida, miami- dade, home to marco rubio. the romney campaign couldn't come close as the obama squeezed the out 70,000 than their 130,000 four years ago. we saw these numbers repeated all over. >> so, what does. gop need to do? >> some say they really need a bigger tent, invite more my another -- minorities. others say that romney was too moderate. >> reporter: i've heard that. there is a lot of hand wringing going on. and i think the knives will come out as to...
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only the state of florida is still too close to call. however, the president has at least 303 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win the white house. this is the scene last night in chicago at president obama's victory party. during his speech, the president talked about working with both sides of the aisle. >> in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. >> now the president and his family spent the night in chicago. they will return to the white house this afternoon. >> hundreds of president obama's local supporters got together to watch returns come in. >> yes we can. yes we can. >> this was the democratic watch party as the former tower record store in the castro district. the crowd cheered as states were called in the president's favor. >> having an obama administration supporting health care, taking the issues of those that have the least and need the most is massive for my family and for this nation. >> well, after t
only the state of florida is still too close to call. however, the president has at least 303 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win the white house. this is the scene last night in chicago at president obama's victory party. during his speech, the president talked about working with both sides of the aisle. >> in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. >> now the...
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obama will take florida as well. despite securing his re-election president obama faces a challenging second term in office after $6 billion in campaign spending, the balance of power in washington has barely changed with tough losses in indiana, massachusetts and massachusetts, the republicans failed to take the senate and with returns coming in the republican party expanded its majority in the house by a few votes. house speaker john boehner said yesterday's vote says there's no mandate for further tax hikes including raising rates on wealthier americans. that's, of course, something that the president is pushing for. to the extent he wants to move to the political center which is where the work gets done in a divided government, we'll be there to meet him half war. in his next term president obama will have to avoid the fiscal cliff we've all been talking about, naff date a debt ceiling debate, coordinate the drawdown from afghanistan and also under pressure to come up with comprehensive immigration reform. mark h
obama will take florida as well. despite securing his re-election president obama faces a challenging second term in office after $6 billion in campaign spending, the balance of power in washington has barely changed with tough losses in indiana, massachusetts and massachusetts, the republicans failed to take the senate and with returns coming in the republican party expanded its majority in the house by a few votes. house speaker john boehner said yesterday's vote says there's no mandate for...
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florida still too close to call. during his speech he taouch tou a number of topics. bringing democrats and republicans together in washington to resolve a number of issues. >> i believe we can seize this future together. we are not as divided as our politics suggest. we're not as cynical as pundits believe. we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> so what's next for president obama? obviously the fiscal cliff talks and already we're hearing that house speaker boehner plans on addressing that issue at least initially this afternoon. president obama does return to the white house this afternoon. he has no public events scheduled but i imagine it won't be long before we get an indication of what will happen over the next couple of weeks. one last thought, having covered this campaign and looking at the auto industry, it will be interesting to see what happens with the treasury department's stake in general motors. it's about 25%
florida still too close to call. during his speech he taouch tou a number of topics. bringing democrats and republicans together in washington to resolve a number of issues. >> i believe we can seize this future together. we are not as divided as our politics suggest. we're not as cynical as pundits believe. we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america....
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. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning, the race in the battleground state of florida lived up to its billing. that presidential contest is still too close to call. but mary thompson is there. and maybe she's not going to call it for us, but can give us more information on where we are. mary? >> reporter: no, i'm not going to call it, andrew. might not be until this afternoon or possibly 9 to 12 days from now before we know the outcome of the florida vote here. the vote count was called off late last night. miami-dade, which is one of the most populous counties here in florida said it would continue the vote count today. hanging in the balance, 29 electoral votes. but, again, at this point may make little difference. this is where we stand as far as the vote count goes with president obama showing a slight lead over governor romney according to the florida division of elections. now, even if the final results are submitted today, if there is a margin of victory of less than .5%, here in florida, that triggers an automatic vote recount. that has to be completed either after n
. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning, the race in the battleground state of florida lived up to its billing. that presidential contest is still too close to call. but mary thompson is there. and maybe she's not going to call it for us, but can give us more information on where we are. mary? >> reporter: no, i'm not going to call it, andrew. might not be until this afternoon or possibly 9 to 12 days from now before we know the outcome of the florida vote here....